# NTSB DEN86LA257: Beech V35, N50BD, Albuquerque, NM, September 21, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 21, 1986, 11:11 local (17:11 UTC)
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Location: 35.0389° N, 106.6083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBUQUERQUE INTL SUNPORT (ABQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0389&lon=-106.6083&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17052
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA257
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17052/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA257

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT LANDED HARD AT THE ABQ MUNICIPAL ARPT. THE PLT SAID HE HAD RUNAWAY TRIM CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. THE PAX FELT THE PLT LOST CONTROL DUE TO TEMPORARY PHYSICAL INCAPACITATION. EXAM OF THE FLT CONTROL SYSTEM REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A FLT CONTROL SYSTEM MALFUCNTION OR FAILURE PRIOR TO GROUND IMPACT. ALL VOICE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE LT AND THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER WERE NORMAL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50BD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50BD), registered now, S/N D-8175 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Registry model: [Beech V35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (registry code 1151538) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-8175
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 B/BA 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Edward Hayes
- Registered owner: Edward Hayes
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: OK33, SHANGRI-LA, OK
- Destination: ABQ, ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ABQ, Albuquerque Municipal, runway 17, 8,993 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 4,551 total, 1,054 in this make and model, 4,401 as pilot in command, 38 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ABO

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860921045659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860921045659A), Sep 21, 1986: Beech STC35, Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. The aircraft landed hard. Pilot reported electric trim malfunction. None found. Invalid medical certificate.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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